I like to have a set "base" diet plan that I use consistently. I guess I'm kinda in between the two approaches. I fully understand the flexibility dieting approach and tracking macros is apart of your overall knowledge in this game, so I know my pro-carb-fat-calorie intake just because Iv been doing his a few years now, but for convinence I like to have 3 main meals and 3 shakes per day, kinda eat like a normal person - breakfast/lunch/dinner and fill the gaps with the shakes

So all I would do for a contest is take my base diet and start slowly shaving away at the carb sources to lower calories , that along with no occasional Cheat meals that I have in the offseason, brings in the condition

A typical day - (I measure my servings and they change due to my goals)